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Bender: The Beginning
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Wikipedia article
'Bender: The Beginning', also known as 'Ostap Bender. The Beginning' is a 2021 Russian action adventure comedy film directed by Igor Zaytsev, a prequel to The Twelve Chairs from the production company Sreda.
It stars Sergey Bezrukov as Ibrahim Bender, and Aram Vardevanyan in the role was dedicated to Ostap Bender-Zadunaisky.
It is scheduled to be theatrically released on 24 June 2021.[https://www.vesti.ru/television/article/2566039 ": " ]
Plot
The film is set in 1919. A young idealist named Osip ran into a Turkish swindler, Ibrahim Bender, who, like Osip, hunts for a royal relic. Osip learns from Ibrahim flattery, deception, blackmail and brute force, falls in love with a fatal beautiful foreigner and becomes the legendary Ostap Bender.
Cast
* Sergey Bezrukov as Ibrahim Suleiman Berta-Maria Bender-Bey
* Aram Vardevanyan as Osip "Osya" Zadunaisky (Ostap Bender-Zadunaisky)
* Nikita Kologrivyy as Mishka Yaponchik
* Taisiya Vilkova as Eva Machulskaya, a swindler
* Natalya Bochkareva as Madame Tsits
* Georgy Shtil as Fuks
* Aleksandr Tsekalo as Mark Sokolovich
* Yuliya Rutberg as Madame Sokolovich
* Yuliya Makarova as Sofi Sokolovich
* Olga Sutulova as Osip's mother
* Garik Kharlamov as Valiadis, host cabaret
* Artyom Tkachenko as Staff captain Ametistov, military commandant of Solnechnomorsk
* Aleksandr Ilin as Mendel Vinnitsky, Mishka's father
* Yuri Kolokolnikov as Grigory Kotovsky
* Pavel Derevyanko as Nestor Makhno
* Andrey Levin as Leon Trotsky
* Richard Lappers as Mr. Armand Hammer
Production
The film was shot by the Sreda company, owned by Aleksandr Tsekalo, and the television channel Russia-1. The film was directed by Igor Zaytsev.
'Bender: The Beginning' is the first part of the series, followed by the films 'Bender: Gold of the Empire' and 'Bender: The Final Hustle'.
It is assumed that later on from these pictures a single series about Ostap Bender will be created.
See also
* 'Bender: Gold of the Empire' Part 2 (2021 film)
* 'Bender: The Final Hustle' Part 3 (2021 film)
References
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